Sleigh



(No Model.)

P. G. KLIPSTEIN.

SLEIGH.

No. 397,728. Patented Peb. l2, 1889.

Unirse Sterns PArnNr @rtree FREDERICK C. KLIPSTEIN, OF LELAND, WISCONSIN.

SLEIGH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,728, dated February 12, 1889. Application tiled November 7, 1888. Serial No. 290,201. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FREDERICK C. KLIP- STEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leland, in the county of Sauk and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sleighs, of which the following is a specification.

The invent-ion relates to improvements in sleighs, and more particularly to the knees that connect the runners to the sleigh-body or the beam or sills thereof; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

Figure l of the drawings represents a side view of a part of the body of a sleigh having a knee attached that embodies the invention.

Fig. represents a central vertical transverse` section of the knee. Fig. 3 represents aview of the bolt and nut detached. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of the rocking block detached.

Referring to the drawings by letter,A designates the rave of a sleigh, and B the runner, which is curved upward at its front end and attached to the front end of the rave, and is connected thereto at its rear end by the brace h.

C designates a hollow vertical standard having its upper end, c, concave transversely to the sleigh and provided with a central transverse rounded rib, o. The lower end of the standard is provided with the horizontal longitudinal arms D, having on their edges the depending flanges d, which iit upon the sides of the runner B, and the runner is secured to the lower sides ot' the said arms by bolts and nuts jfl The recess G of the standard has an eX- tended and fiat upper end, g, for the reception of the head 71 of the bolt I-I, the shank of which passes out of the opening in the upper end of the standard and through an opening in the transverse beam F, being engaged thercabove by a nut, j", as shown.

I represents a rockin g block secured by suitable bolts and nuts, as shown, to the lower side of the beam, between the same and the upper end of the standard, and perforated centrally for the passage of the shank of the bolt H. The convexityof the lower face, c', of the roeking block is rather more than the concavity of movement of the beam.

The bolster K is bolted -er swiveled on the upper side of the beam, above or out of contact with the rave.

It will be evident from the above description that the runner is bolted firmly to the lower end of the standard, that the latter is bolted to the beam, and that while the rib c and recess t" hold the. standard and rocking block closely together in their proper relative positions they are capable ol' a rocking movement forward and backward, which enables the ruimer to follow the irregularities of. the surface over which it travels.

It will be seen that lfree movement of the runner is here gained without undue looseness of the parts.

Having thus described the invention, I claiml. In a sleigh-knee, the standard secured at. its lower end to the runner and havinga concavity in its upper end, combined with the rocking block secured to the beam and having a rounded under side bearing` in the concavity of the standard, the convexity of the block being more abrupt than the concavity of the standard, whereby the block is allowed a free rocking motion, substantially7 as specitied. 2. In asleigh-knec, the standard secured at its lower end to the runner and provided with a concavity in its upper end, in which is arranged a transverse rounded rib, c', combined with the rocking block secured to the beam and provided with a convex under side fitting loosely in the concavity and a rounded transverse recess, i', fitting upon the said rib, substantially as specified.

In a sleigh-knee, the combination of the hollow standard C, secured at its lower end to the runner and provided at its upper end with a concavity and a rib, c', the rocking block I, secured to the beam of the sleigh and having a lower convex surface and a recess, t', fitting on the transverse rib, and the bolt I-I, with its IOO hond Iittim.;l in the 'boro oli' tho Standard mul its lowoi' ond to tho rnnnoil nml provided :1t

n 39ans Yits shank extonclingthroughYelfticallymligned its upper ond with il com'fnvity intol'soctoil by 'l)elfolntionsin the upper ond 0i' the standard,

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